þrettán

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þrettán, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθrɛhtauːn/

Numeral

þrettán

(cardinal) thirteen; the cardinal number after tólf and before fjórtán.

Það eru þrettán jólasveinar í íslenskum þjóðsögum.
There are thirteen Yule Lads in the Icelandic legends.

Related terms

(ordinal form) þrettándi

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þritehun. Compare Old Saxon thriutein, Old Frisian thretīne, Old English þreotīene, Old High German drīzehan, Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (þritaihun).

Numeral

þrettán

(cardinal) thirteen

Descendants

Danish: tretten
Faroese: trettan
Icelandic: þrettán

Norwegian: tretten (Bokmål), tretten (Nynorsk)
Swedish: tretton

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